West Virginia Bar Examination (UBE)

Bar Exam Information

NOTE: Bar exam information is subject to change without notice. Please verify with West Virginia bar examiner’s office.

BAR EXAM DATES AND FORMAT

2024: February 27-28, July 30-31

The West Virginia Bar Exam is a 2-day Uniform Bar Exam (UBE).

Day 1: Two 90-minute Multistate Performance Test (MPT) questions in the AM, and six 30-minute Multistate Essay Exam (MEE) questions in the PM.

Day 2: Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), a 200-question, multiple-choice exam (100 questions in the AM, 100 questions in the PM).

West Virginia Board of Law Examiners

City Center East, Suite 1200 B
4700 MacCorkle Ave., SE
Charleston, WV 25304

Phone: (304) 558-7815

Fax: (304) 558-0831

Web: www.courtswv.gov

Subjects Tested

Multistate Bar Exam (MBE)

Constitutional Law
Contracts/Sales
Criminal Law/Procedure
Evidence
Federal Civil Procedure
Real Property
Torts

Multistate Essay Exam (MEE)

Business Associations (Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies)
Conflicts of Law
Family Law
Trusts and Estates (Decedents' Estates; Trusts and Future Interests)
Secured Transactions (Article 9 of Uniform Commercial Code)
Plus, all MBE Subjects

Multistate Performance Test (MPT)

Multistate Performance Test “Closed universe” practical questions using instructions, factual data, cases, statutes and other reference material supplied by examiners.

Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam

A scaled score of 80 on the MPRE within 25 months of successful completion of bar examination.

Scoring

The MEE and MPT scores are scaled to the MBE.

MBE weighted 50%
MEE weighted 30%
MPT weighted 20%

A total scaled score of 270 or higher is required to pass the West Virginia Bar Exam.

Reciprocity

Acceptance of MBE Score

Applicants may transfer any MBE scaled score achieved in another jurisdiction if taken within 13 months of the current exam. Provided the applicant successfully completed the entire bar examination in the other jurisdiction.

Admission on Motion

Applicants may be admitted without an exam from jurisdictions with admission standards substantially equivalent to those of West Virginia. Applicant must have engaged in the active practice of law for five of the seven years immediately preceding application. Additional requirements apply.

Admission by UBE Score Transfer

Applicants who have obtained a scaled score of at least 270 on a Uniform Bar Exam taken in another jurisdiction within the preceding three years may apply for admission based on that score. Additional requirements apply.

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